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The Best Music of 2018 So Far…

By Every Record Tells A Story on July 2, 2018 • ( 7 )

Ah, it’s mid summer. A time of hazy, sunny evenings. As the organisers of Wimbledon erect their “Sale! Punnet of Strawberry’s: only £50” signs (complete with grocer’s comma) it’s the time of year that allows me to drag out the… Read More ›

How To Buy Elton John On Vinyl (and an Alternative Best-of Spotify Playlist)

By Every Record Tells A Story on June 22, 2018 • ( 7 )

Although we might all have a stab at naming Elton John’s best albums, in these times of Spotify, there sometimes needs to be a reason why a particular record should be bought on vinyl. Happily in Elton’s case there are… Read More ›

A Brief History of The Beatles

By Every Record Tells A Story on January 26, 2017 • ( 3 )

Last week we published a Beatles Playlist of songs compiled by Every Record Tells A Story readers which we hope will persuade my friend, a Sceptical Swede that The Beatles are actually a half-decent band. In case you missed it,… Read More ›

The Ultimate Beatles Playlist (For People Who Don’t Like The Beatles)

By Every Record Tells A Story on January 17, 2017 • ( 10 )

In the last blog post, I introduced you to a friend from Sweden named Agaton who told me he had always found The Beatles’ music irritating. He asked me to come up with a playlist of Beatles tunes he would… Read More ›

Please Please Help! Build A Beatles Playlist For Someone Who “Doesn’t Like The Beatles”

By Every Record Tells A Story on January 12, 2017 • ( 40 )

I was catching up with a friend recently when he delivered something of a bolt from the blue. With a voice that appeared as nonchalant as that of a serial killer’s he confessed, without apparent shame, that he didn’t like… Read More ›

Aretha Franklin’s Emotional First Performance

By Every Record Tells A Story on September 29, 2016 • ( 2 )

…and Why It Took Nine Albums To Score Aretha’s First Hit Aretha Franklin sat at a piano in her father’s church, just days after her mother’s death. She was just ten years old and about to make her first ever… Read More ›

President Obama’s Playlists. Slightly Better Than The Average Politician…

By Every Record Tells A Story on August 13, 2016 • ( 3 )

The news that President Obama has released two summer playlists for us to enjoy – a daytime and nighttime selection of songs – rather cements his reputation as the coolest politician around, albeit this is a pretty thin field. And… Read More ›

An Alternative Best of…Journey

By Every Record Tells A Story on April 26, 2015 • ( 16 )

Take A Midnight Train Going Anywhere With This Alternative Best of Playlist For AOR Kings: Journey… The idea that Journey might be pretty cool is clearly a difficult one to get your head around, but back in the eighties, Journey… Read More ›

Mix-tapes and Indie Points – A Users Guide

By Every Record Tells A Story on January 24, 2015 • ( 7 )

Good news. The mixtape is not dead….it’s just called a “playlist”… Where sensitive Belle and Sebastian-loving-indie-types once crafted cassette tapes filled with songs that told the prettiest girls in their class just how deep their feelings of love were through… Read More ›

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